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American University in Cairo

Theses/Dissertations

2003

Al Jazeera

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War, Media And Public Opinion; Al-Jazeera's Role In The Recent Arab Israeli Conflicts", Marwa Ragaa Radwan Al-Mutafy Jun 2003

War, Media And Public Opinion; Al-Jazeera's Role In The Recent Arab Israeli Conflicts", Marwa Ragaa Radwan Al-Mutafy

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The second Palestinian intifada and the way it was covered by the various media outlets caused a revolution in media coverage in the Arab World. Al-Jazeera TV channel emerged and gathered audiences, and regularly tuned in to catch the latest news and updates, reminding people of CNN during the Gulf War. However, no studies were conducted, that measured the impact of this channel on audiences and how it did or did not create a common public opinion among them.

This study's purpose is to testing the relationship between Media,

War, and Public Opinion. In other words, it studies the impact …